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Author:   Alison Rice (Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies, University of Notre Dame)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.40cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 24.10cm
Weight:   0.612kg
ISBN:  

9780192845771

ISBN 10:   0192845772
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   31 December 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction. The Publishing Profile: Becoming an Author and Creating Literary Capital 1: Forging a Name: Signing Off on the Foreign Leitmotif 2: The Pull of Paris: Urban European Expositions 3: Lessons in French: From Translations to Multilingual Modulations 4: The Accent Complex: Reemphasizing Immigrant Experiences 5: Family Fugues: Movements toward Worldwide Written Work 6: The Francophone' Fermata: In Favor of New Strains of Interpretation 7: Gendered Glissandos: International Feminisms in a French Frame 8: Improvising Improperly: Acting Out Against Expected Narratives 9: The Terms of the Text: Variations on an Autobiographical Theme Conclusion. Da Capo Al Fine: Final Notes, Circling Back: Recognizing the Revolution

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She argues that the women authors who have found their way to Paris have not received the same kind of recognition as their male counterparts because they did not make noise to attract attention but spent most of their time writing. According to Rice, their work is revolutionary. * K. Gale, CHOICE *

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Alison Rice is Dr. William M. Scholl Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies and Chair of the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at the University of Notre Dame. Her books Time Signatures: Contextualizing Contemporary Francophone Autobiographical Writing from the Maghreb (Lexington Books, 2006) and Polygraphies: Francophone Women Writing Algeria (University of Virginia Press, 2012) focus on literature by authors from Algeria and Morocco who write in French. She is the author of a website featuring filmed interviews with eighteen worldwide women writers in Paris: www.francophonemetronomes.com.

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